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- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 53 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 53 m
Summary Sparks fly as Catherine Zeta-Jones, an insurance agent, charms her way into doing business with Sean Connery, an aging thief. The two team up to pull off a big heist in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Directed By: Jon Amiel
Written By: Ron Bass, Michael Hertzberg, William Broyles Jr.
- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 53 m
- 1999
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 53 m
Entrapment
54
8.0
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Summary Sparks fly as Catherine Zeta-Jones, an insurance agent, charms her way into doing business with Sean Connery, an aging thief. The two team up to pull off a big heist in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Directed By: Jon Amiel
Written By: Ron Bass, Michael Hertzberg, William Broyles Jr.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
54
29% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
63% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
54
29% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
63% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Connery and Zeta-Jones not only look great together, they work well together.
There's your intrigue. There's your romance. There's your x factor, by which I mean your willingness to give two appealing stars an incredible break throughout most of the major obstacles between them and a successful robbery.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 92 User Ratings
8.0
70% Positive
64 Ratings
64 Ratings
28% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
2% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 92 User Ratings
8.0
70% Positive
64 Ratings
64 Ratings
28% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
2% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
With its featherweight premise, casually amoral heroes, and exotic locales, it conjures up an era (the '60s and '70s) when twisty, romantic heist pictures were routinely ground out as tax shelters.
This is one sexy and satisfyingly twisty dance.
A wildly expensive movie full of computers, nonsense and violence, a film where wit, romance, elegance -- everything -- is sacrificed on the altar of giganticism, cliche and over-the-top action.
The stars lack any sort of chemistry, which is too bad, since the script, by the always unreliable Ron Bass (with William Broyles), is intended as a romantic cat-and-mouse fantasy.
If it's a good heist movie you're after, there are surely better ways to go than with this limp caper.
Some of the information in Mac's file includes D.O.B. (August 21, 1937); P.O.B. (Edinburgh, Scotland); Citizen (U.K.); Height (6'3"); Weight (210 lbs.); Race (Caucasian); Hair (Brown - graying); Eyes (Brown). This is almost identical to Connery, with the only differences being D.O.B (August 25, 1930) and Height (6'2"). Mac's file also states; family (Age 5 - father died, age 12 - mother died, no known siblings); Marital Status (Widowed 1955, Camilla Charles); Languages Spoken (English, Mandarin, Japanese, French, Malay); and Military Service (Royal Marines 1956-1962, Commando Unit, Malaysian police). This is very similar to the character of James Bond. Family (Age 11 - both parents died, no siblings); Marital Status (Widowed in the book "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"); Degree in Oriental Languages, fluent in French; Military Service (Commander in the Royal Navy).
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In this film, an employee of an insurance company will seek to investigate and arrest a professional art thief without anyone knowing, however, that she's also a professional thief. The game of cat and mouse is very nice and gives this movie the pleasant adventure flavor, especially when we combine this with the sequences of the robberies, some of them so incredible that they stink the false (without this bothering us too much). Another nice point that helps keep the interest in the movie is the relative vagueness in which the movie keeps Gin's situation. Only in the end did we clearly see if she is a thief or invented all that to approach Mac and arrest him. In addition, the pair crosses with other dubious characters, whose connections also only clarify in the end.
In spite of all this, its not a particularly deep film and doesn't have a very strong or solid story giving it basis. These basis is the action scenes and adventure/mystery atmosphere, and its around this that the script is developed, not the other way round. The film still has some romance but chemistry between Connery and Zeta Jones is virtually nil and romantic scenes aren't convincing. This doesn't bring any demerit to their sex-appeal, but there are some things that sound false and I think the mood of distrust was fundamental to discarding this attempt to do romance. The remaining cast is limited to what they have to do. The two main actors, combined, support the film successfully. So the end result is a good action/adventure film, with some mystery, charm and elegance, where the biggest absence is a solid story that builds on everything we're seeing on screen.
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i said this is called entrapment..
Entrapment
Entrapment is no genius heist movie that offers a lot to think about but it definitely offers some fun popcorn time with great twists and action and most importantly edgy characters.i said this is called entrapment..
Entrapment
Entrapment is no genius heist movie that offers a lot to think about but it definitely offers some fun popcorn time with great twists and action and most importantly edgy characters.
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
New Regency Productions,
Fountainbridge Films,
Taurus Film
Release Date Apr 30, 1999
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Then again, practice makes perfect.
Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 2 Nominations
